Edmund tweedy



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E. TWEEDY & G.' YULE.n

.HAT IRONING MACHINE.

Patented Apr. 28, 1885.

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HAT IRONING MACHINE.

E. TWEEDY 8v G. YULE.

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EDMUND TWEEDY, OF DANBURY, CONN., AND GEORGE YULE, OF NEWARK, N. J., ASSIGNORS, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE HAT CURLIN G MACHINE COMPANY, OF'DANBURY, CONN.

HATQIRoNiNc MAcl-nne.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,585, dated April 28, 1885.

Application tiled September 4, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that we, EDMUND TWEEDY and GEORGE YULE, citizens of the United States, respectively residing at Danbury, Connecticut, and Newark, New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat- Ironing Machines, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthe Same.

This patent application relates to certain modifications of an invention partially claimed in another application tiled herewith, and nn mbered 142,210, and in` which we described a f5 class of machines having a yielding` iron and revolving hat-block arranged to move around an intermediate axis of motion fixed atan angle of about ninety degrees with the said spindle.

In this application the claims relate, chieiiy,

2O to a machine in which the yielding iron is held in a given position when in operation, and the hat-block spindle is mounted radially upon an oscillating arm, the specific features claimed being, first, the mounting of the spindle7 at right angles to the axis of motion, and the provision of means for adjusting .the tip of the hat-block in relation to such axis; second, the adjustment of the hat-block tip by moving the spindle lengthwise in its bearing; third, the

mounting of the spindle radially to the axis of motion by means of an arm attached to an axial shaft; fourth, the combination, with such shaft and arm, of means for oscillating or moving the same; fifth, the combination, with a hollow axial shaft, of a central arbor for `driving the spindle; sixth, the means for oscillating the axial shaft by a connectionto the arbor; seventh, the means for oscillating the axial shaft by hand; eighth, the means for 4o regulating the automatic oscillation of the shaft; ninth, the means for connecting the arbor with the hat -block spindle; tenth, the

means for adjusting the spindle endwise; elev enth, the clutchmechanism for oscillating the axial shaft; twelfth, the means for varying thev speed of the shafts oscillations; thirteenth, the arrangement of the shaft horizontally with the tool-carrier above it; fourteenth, the'piv? oting of the iron upon the carrier to turn sidel wise; fifteenth, the construction of the carrier- 5o lever with a lateral yielding hinge; sixteenth, the adjustment of the spindle endwise in any similar machine, and other constructive'features that are described herein.

The nature of these improvements will be understood by reference to the annexed draw ings, in'which Figure l is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan, of a machine in which the hatsblock spindle is mounted to move about the axis of motion upon a swinging arm af- 6o fixed to an axial shaft, the swinging arm being shown below the axial shaftin Fig-l, and at the nearer side thereof in Fig. 2. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the operative parts of such machine at'the center of the 65 said shaft, the arbor, clutch, and clutch-lever not being in section, and the carrierlever being only shown in part and elevated to show the automatic action of the shipper. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the sanne parts ou 7o line y y in Fig. 8. Fig. 5 is a transverse section on line x x iii-Fig. 3, enlarged to double the scale. Fig. 6 is a transverse section on line z z in Fig. 4, and Fig. 7 is a vertical section on line zo w in Fig. 5.

A is a flanged column, which serves as the frame of the machine in connection with a shell, A, in which the driving and oscillating mechanism is partly confined, and to which the bearings of the severalshafts and the driving-arbor-are attached.

a is the axial shaft arranged horizontally in a bearing, a.

a2 is an arm aixed to its external end; b, a radial bearing affixed to the arm; b', the hat- 8 lblock spindle mounted therein; b2, the hatblock; b3, the hat-flange, and bL the brim of a hat thereon.

c is a feathered bush mounted within the bearing b, and b5 a keyway in the spindle b. 9o

d is a screw iitted to a nut parallel with the spindle and operated to move the latter end-4 wise by means of a swivel-connection, d', and

crank d2.

The center line, y y, in Fig. 3 represents the 9 5 axis of motion, and will be seen to intersect the` block b2 about as far from the tip as the radius of the block itself. The axial i shaft a is made hollow to admit an arbor, e,

which is provided at its outer end with fast and loose pulleys B B', and at the end next the arm a with'a chain-wheel, j. -Bevel-wheels c connect the bush c with a bevel-gear shaft, c, mounted upon the bearings b, parallel with l[he axis y y, and motion is communicated to the shaft c2 by a chain-wheel', f, and chain f2, applied to the wheel f. The pulleys B B' and arbor e are rotated continuously when the machine is in operation, and the hat-block may thus be rotated by the arbor at the same time that the arm a2 is turned about the axis y y by means of rotating or oscillating mechanism applied to the shaft a. The mechanism shown for such purpose is constructed as follows:

a3 is a worm-wheel affixed to the axial shaft a; a4, a worm tted thereto; a5, the wormshaft; as, bearings upon the frame for the same, and g a crank affixed to the worm-shaft t'o rotate the axial shaft, and thus enable the operator to move or turn the hat-block and hat by hand to bring different parts of the surface under the iron.

v C is the iron; C,thetoolcarrier, formed asa lever or arm pivoted above the axis yg/,about as far from the axis as the surface of the hatblock, the fulcr'um g being above the axis, so that the iron bears upon the upper side of the hat-block and exerts a uniform pressure, due

to gravity, upon all parts of the hat, as they are presented to it. The iron is shown in Fig. l hinged upon pivots t', parallel with the axis y y, so as to rock vsidewise as the block is shifted beneath it, and a spring, j, is fixed upon the top of the shell A and iitted to bear in a slot, k, in the carrier-lever C', so as to sustain the lever when'the iron is raised from the hat.

D is a shipper-slide mounted in a bracket, D', upon the shell A, and provided with abelt y,guide or shifter, D2, adjusted to the pulleys B B', and a link, E, jointed to the shipper and to the carrier-lever C', serves to move the belt automatically'when the lever is raised to displace the iron and rremove the hat from the block.

It is obvious that with the Vconstruction described the operator may arrange the hatspindle vertically, as in Fig. l, and after placing a hat upon the block grasp the lever C by the handle C2 at its end and rest the iron upon the hat by detaching the lever C from the springj, thus shifting the belt to the pulley B and'setting the hat-block in motion. rj he tip of the hat would then be first acted upon, and the operator, by turning the crank g, could continuously shift the hat-block in relation to the iron and transfer the side of the hat also, by means of the handle C2, move the iron y termediate shaft, m, is fitted to a bearing, m',

adjacent to the worm-shaft a5, and gears m and m2 connect the two shafts, while the shaft m is itself rotated by means of reversible clutchgearing applied to the arbor e. This clutchgearing consists in a central bevel-gear, n, affixed to the inner end of the shaft m, and in two connected bevel gear-wheels, a a2, movably fitted to the arborv e, so that either 'may be shifted into contact with the central gear. The gears n n are feathered to the arbor by screw-pins ni, and a clutch-lever, o, is pivoted upon the fulcrumg'and provided with anotched segment,o, and holding-spring o2, which serves to t a notch in the segment and to hold the clutch movably in its central or neutral position,- as shown in Fig. 3. When in the neutral position, the clutch-gears have'no effect upon the arm ce2, although the arbor and hat may continue their rotations,and the arm and hat can then be moved by the crank g into any desired position.

In Figlthe lever o is shown in its forward position, in. which the gearing operates, as shown by the arrows in Figs. 4, 5, and 6, to move the hat-block from the position shown in Fig. 1 to that shown in Fig. 2. l

rIhe reversing device consists in a frog, s,

actuated automatically by dogs s s2, secured to the worm-wheel a3, the frog being pivoted tothe inside of the shell A, adjacent to the wheel as, and being formed with lugs 1 r, which operate to shift the clutch lever and gears n n? when theshaft a and hat-block have been shifted j ust the desired amount. A tipping-spring, t, is provided, which presses a wedge, t, against a pointed projection, t2, upon thel frog, and operates to push the frog IOO IIO

over its centralposition whenbroughtthereto by either dog. The lugs r 1' are set farther apart than that part of the clutch-lever embraced by the lugs, and the lost motion thus afforded .permits either dog to shift the point t2 past the its movement.

shaft maybe set in motion with the iron in contact with either the tip or brim of the hat, and automaticallyarrested when the hat-block has beenshifted to the opposite extremes of The extent of this movement is about ninety degrees, and may be varied by adjusting one of the dogs in a slot, s3, formed in the side of the wheel as, and in which such dog is secured by a bolt and nut. The normal action of the dogs is to withdraw either of the clutch-gears, as a n2, from 4contactwith the central gear, a, and thereby completely stop the movement of the arm a2,- but when `the spring-wedge is added to the combination the frog operates to reverse the action of the clutch and bring the opposite gear into action, as just described above. When provided with such spring,the clutch mechanism operates to oscillate the axial shaft and its arm a2 back and forth continuously within the prescribed limits, and the ironing of the hat would be continued until the machine was stopped by the operator to replace the hat by another.

A ball arranged to oscillate at the end of an arm above its fulcrum maybe used in lieu of the spring t to push the frog from its central position, and either may be made detachable from the frog at pleasure to leave Athe same to act normally; but as such` specific devices are common in clutch-shifting mechanisms, they are neither illustrated nor claimed herein.

As the operation of the iron `upon the hat may be commenced at either the tip or the side, the arm a would, Whether stopped at each extreme of movement or not, be necessarily oscillated back and forth from its lower position (shown in Fig. l) to its position at one side ofthe shaft,as seen in Fig. 2, the movement in either direction sufcing to iron a hat in some cases, while two or even more of such movements would be required with hats of different texture. The arm may therefore be termed an oscillating arm,77 and the shaft a and its operative mechanism be termed oscillating in view of the movements they perform, whether the oscillations are effected by automatic clutch mechanism or by the application of the operators hand to the clutch-lever o or worm-crank gin moving the arm back and forth. The crank g in all cases furnishes the means to set the hat in any desired position under the iron or to shift any part of the hat into .contact with the ironsibrretinishing such part. The setting` of the spindle b radially to the axial shaft necessitates a swinging arm of some kind to sustain the bearing b,- but it is obviously immaterial how the bearing is formed upon the arm, although it is represented in the drawings as cast of metal in one piece with the arm. it is also immaterial how the motion'is transmitted from the arbor to the spindle, as bevel-gears and another shaft similar to the shaft cz may be fitted upon the arm in place of the chainfz, and the spindle itself may be adjusted endwise byset-screwed collars, or by making the arm a2. to extend in leys used to drive the arbor e, as either of such mechanisms is often substituted for the other` in analogous constructions, and it is immaterial what means be used to actuate the swinging arm in the desired manner.

The construction shown is adapted particularly for inclosing the Working parts in the metal shell A', to protect them from the dust and lint of a hat-shop, and the worm-gearing is provided to secure the requisite power and slow motion, as it secures only one oscillation or movement of the arm a2 for forty or fifty revolutions of the hat-block spindle.

For the convenience of construction the shell Ais made in upper and lower parts, the latter being secured to a flange, A2, 'upon the column A, and the former being bolted to it by means of lugs or ears e.

By the arrangement of the iron `or tool carrier above the hat it is pressed upon all parts ofthe hat by gravity With uniform force, and

as the adjustment of the spindle endwise aftion, the effect of the iron upon different parts of the hat-crown may be made as uniform as is effected by a skilled operator when moving the iron over the revolving hat by hand in the ordinary way. The pressure exerted by the IOO iron upon, the hat may also be varied in any y desired degree by applying removable weights to the carrier-lever, or by making the iron and lever heavy enough for the maximum pressure desired, and providing an adjustable counter-balance, F, upon an extension of the lever at the opposite side of the fulcrum g', as shown at C3 in Fig. l.

Having thus shown the nature and operation of our improvements, it is obvious that some part of them-as the longitudinal adj ustment of the spindle and the swinging of the hat spindle and block around theiron-may be used apart from the others, and in machines of different construction from that shown herein, and we do not, therefore, limitourselves to the precise construction or the entire combination shown. The movements .of the hatnishing iron 'are also analogous tothose of the pouncing-tool applied to the crown of a hat, and we have therefore claimed our invent-ion as applied to a tool-carrier supporting any instrument adapted to operate upon a hat thus mounted and moved, as a pouncing tool or instrument may be substituted for the iron shown herein and operated in the required manner by the use of the automatic appliances we have described herein..

We have shown and claimed a modification of our present invention in another pending application, No. 142,210, of even date herewith, and therefore disclaim herein any subaxis and tip of the hat-block in relation to one another, and means for moving or oscillating the spindle and tool-carrier in relation to one another vupon saidaxis.

2. The combination, with a yieldingiron, a hat-block spindle, and means for revolving the spindle and adjusting it endwise, of an axis of motion at right angles to such spindle, and means for moving or oscillating the spindle and iron in relation to one another around said axis.A

3. The combination, with a revolving hatblock spindle, an axial shaft at right angles to the spindle, and means for adjusting the spindle radially in relation to the axial shaft,

- of means for moving or oscillating said shaft,

and thereby oscillating the iron and spindle in relation to one another.

4. rlhe combination, with an axial shaft, of t anv arm sustaining a revolving hat-block spindle radially to the shaft, a yielding iron, and means for oscillating the shaft.

'5. rlhe combination, with an axial shaft, of any arm sustaining a revolving hat-block spindle radially to the shaft, means for oscillating Y the yshaft and for adjusting the spindle radially thereto, and a yielding iron for pressing the hat. 6. The combination, with an axial shaft, of a revolving hat-block driver mounted central therewith, an arm affixed to said shaft and sustaining a hat-block spindle radially thereto, means for adjusting the spindle radially to the shaft, and means applied to the arm for n connecting the hat-block spindle with the driver, and thereby revolving the hat-block. t 7 The combination,with an axial shaft having an arm sustaining a revolving hat-block spindle radially to said shaft, of mechanism for rotating the shaft in opposite directions to oscillate the arm, and means operated by the shaft for automatically reversing such rotating mechanism.

8. The combination, with a shaft having an arm sustaining a revolving hat-block spindle radiallyT to said shaft, of mechanism for rotating the shaft in opposite directions to oscillateVY the arm, means operated by the shaft for automatically reversing such rotating mechanisni, means for disengaging such rotating mechanism from the shaft, and means for rotating'or oscillating the shaft by hand.

9. The combination, with a hollow shaft and an arm sustaining ahat-block spindle radially to such shaft, of acentral arbor extending through the shaft and provided with suitable connections to the spindle, reversible gearing connected with the arbor for oscillating` the shaft, and adjustable means connected with I said shaft forl automaticallyreversing the moing th rough the same, of the arm affixed thereto and carrying the hat-block spindle in a bearing radially to the shaft, the bevel-gear shaft mounted With the bearing, the'bevelgears connecting said shaft With the spindle, and the chain-wheels and chain connecting the arbor and bevel-gear shaft. v

11. The means kfor driving thel hat-block spindle and adjusting it radially upon the oscillating arm, consisting in the bearing affixed to the arm, the feathered bush carried by the bearing, the gearing-connections .to revolve` said bush, and a screw mounted with the bearing for traversing and holding the spindle at the desired point in the bush.

l2. The means for rotating and stopping the oscillating shaft, consisting. in the shiftingclutch, the frog for moving said clutch, and the dogs attached to the oscillating shaft and operating to shift the clutch at the desired point.

13. The means for rotating theV oscillating shaft at various speeds, consistingin the Worm-` wheel, worm and Worm-spindle, the revolving arbor, the shifting clutch-Wheels, the intermediate gear and its shaft, and means, as pulleys or gear-wheels, for transmitting a variable v speed from the intermediate shaft to the worm-- spindle.

14. The combination, in a hat-ironing mashaft and carrying a revolving hat-block spindle in a bearing radially to said shaft, and an iron held by a carrier so as to rest freely upon the upper side of the hat-block.

l5.v The combination, in a hat-ironing machine, of the frame supporting an oscillating shaft horizontally, an arm attached to such shaft and carrying a revolving hat-block in a bearing radially to said shaft, land an iron mounted upon a pivot parallel With said shaft IOO chine, of the frame supporting an oscillating .shaft horizontally, an arm attachedl to said IIO in a carrier above the hat-block, so as to rest freely upon the upper side of the hat-block and to turn as the hat-block is inclined by the oscillation of the supporting-arm.

16. The combination, in a hat-ironing machine, of the frame supporting an oscillating shaft horizontally, an arm attached to such shaft and carrying a revolving hat-block'in a bearing radially to said shaft, and a lever hinged to the frame above the shaft and carrying an iron in contact with the upper side of the hat when placed upon the block.

17. The combination, with a hat block mounted upon a spindle in a radial bearing upon a vertically-oscillating arm, and oscillated by said arm in the manner described, of an iron mounted above the hat-block upon a vertically-swinging lever or arm constructed to yield in a horizontal direction Whenpressed by the hat brim or ange.

18. In a hat-ironing machine, the combination, with a yielding iron and means for ap- In testimony whereof we have hereunto set plying it continuously to the tip and side crown our hands in the presence of two subscribing of a hat, of a hat-blook mounted upon a spinwitnesses. dle having a longitudinal adjustment, as and 5 for the purpose set forth. EDMUND TWEEDY. 19. The combination, with the axial shaft7 GEORGE YULE. its contained arbor, and the clutch-gearing, arranged as described, of the shell A', formed Witnesses: in two halves to insert the said parts, and pro- THOMAS E. TWEEDY, 1o vided with a fulcrum forthe toolcarrier7 sub- THos. S CRANE.

stantially as shown and described. 

